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Rates change all the time. Keep up to date with the latest activity so you can manage your mortgage and pay-it-off faster.
Tumultuous times continue for lenders
Forgive the cliché but we truly are living in interesting times. Internationally, central banks are under increasing pressure to implement steep cuts in official interest rates to prevent economic paralysis and this should lead eventually to lower ...
High-risk borrowers running into problems
Borrowers who have missed payments or who are considered high risk for other reasons are increasingly likely to be turned away if they try to refinance with new lenders.
Sovereign axes lo-doc lending
Sovereign Home Loans, one of the most popular non-bank lenders in New Zealand, has announced further tightening in its lending criteria.
Bollard likely to slash rates later this month
Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard is likely to slash interest rates hard again later this month because of the impact the global credit crunch is having.
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